“When Every Atom of My Body and Soul Aches.” The Suffering of the Body and the Anguish of the Soul in Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s Poetry Cover Image

„Gdy każdy atom ciała i ducha mnie boli”. Tetmajerowski podmiot cierpiący i udręczone ciało
“When Every Atom of My Body and Soul Aches.” The Suffering of the Body and the Anguish of the Soul in Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer’s Poetry

Author(s): Lidia Kamińska
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer; Young Poland; affect; suffering; body;

Summary/Abstract: Suffering is one of the affective dominants in the poetry of Kazimierz Przerwa- -Tetmajer, in which many descriptions of painful states can be found. This article aims to analyse the methods of textually representing suffering in his works. In the interpre- tation of maladic states, the author uses the concept from affect studies (e.g. Brian Mas- sumi), somatopoetics (e.g. Anna Łebkowska), and studies on senses. The paper analyses relations between intensive suffering and the body (microanalysis of internal reactions – as heart, blood and observations of the suffering body – convulsions), the hapticity of suffering, audiosphere as a space for the expression of the suffering (the scream).

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 60
  • Page Range: 135 - 150
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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